How much should I intervene?

[DJs mummy]

Hannah has always been a fairly good sleeper.  Settles herself and can resettle herself when she wakes in the night.  For the last week though she has started rolling over on to her tummy and then crying, crawling around her cot, sitting up, standing up...  In fact she seems to want to do anything except lie down and go to sleep   She's getting so overtired because it's taking her sooooo long to go off to sleep.
My question is, how much do you think we should leave her to it and how much should we intervene?  Up til now we leave her for a few mins and then quietly go in and roll her back over or lie her down and walk out again.  Some evenings though we're doing this for about half an hour (sometimes more) before she finally falls asleep.  A few times she's fallen asleep herself on her tummy and I'm half hoping she'll just start doing this rather than need me or DH to 'sort her out'.

I've heard some go through this phase and that it is just a phase.  But Daniel never really did this.  He maybe had a few days where he rolled around a bit and stood up a bit, but he loves his sleep so much it never really became a problem.  Hannah however, seems more determined to keep it up. Will this phase pass soon

Thanks

[kerry,(kaceys mum)]

i wouldnt worry about it,, my ges is that your lo is just going through a development leap,, wanting to practice what she has learned that day,then just geting frustrated as she is geting tiered,,she is probaly as peed off with it as you are, lol,

[meltown]

could you post your routine and is she crying when you go in?

[DJs mummy]

Routine is roughly -
6.30am wake and bottle at 7am
8.30 - breakfast
9/9.30am - sleep (only ever half hour)
12 noon - food
1pm - bottle and then nap (usually 1.5 hours)
4.30 - food
6pm - bottle
6.30/7pm - sleep

Wouldn't really say she's crying.  It's more just a frustrated/tired kind of a noise.

[meltown]

if she isn't crying, don't go in.  I know it is hard but it should pass.  is this every time she goes to sleep or just sometimes? 

[DJs mummy]

Every time at the moment.

[meltown]

give i a bit and if it doesn't work we could play a little bit with nap times.  B did the same thing it was gone in a week or so.  just try not to go in unless she is really crying.

[Elsbeths*mum*]

hey does she have a sleeping bag?
Also I have heard that at some age, you might need to teach her how to lye back down.
So when it is not a nap time got to the cot and play a game that teaches her how to lye back down.
good luck